Juan Fernando Velasco — Yo Nací Aquí song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Yo Nací Aquí" by Juan Fernando Velasco.
Lyrics
Para el Ecuador
Duo con Pamela Cortez
JF
Yo nací en este país
Que sabe a caña y algodón
Que se ilumina mucho antes de que salga el sol
PC
Yo nací en este país
De niños pobres de almidón
Endeudados con los mismos que se lo llevaron todo
DUO
Un país lleno de historia
De hombre y mujeres de hormigón;
Llenos de coraje y de ternura
Llenos de pasión
Yo nací en este país que va
Con alegrías y dolor
Con gente linda
Y con canallas que nos roban la ilusión;
Que no le teme al porvenir
Que no se deja derrotar
Que no me pide visa
Y al que siempre quiero regresar
PC
Yo nací en este país
Que a veces me echa para atrás
A veces me resigno a veces me quiero escapar
JF
Pero yo nací aquí
Aquí aprendí a caminar
Aquí te conocí, aquí me enamoré de ti
DUO
Este país lleno de historia
De hombre y mujeres de hormigón;
Llenos de coraje y de ternura…
Llenos de pasión
Yo nací en este país que va
Con alegrías y dolor
Con gente linda
Y con canallas que nos roban la ilusión;
Que no le teme al porvenir
Que no se deja derrotar
Que no me pide visa
Y al que siempre quiero regresar
Na na na na na
Yo nací aquí
Na na na na na
¡Yo nací aquí!
Lyrics translation
For Ecuador
Duo with Pamela Cortez
JF
I was born in this country
That tastes like cane and cotton
That lights up long before the sun comes up
PC
I was born in this country
Of starchy poor children
Indebted to the same ones who took it all
DUO
A country full of history
Of concrete man and women;
Full of courage and tenderness
Full of passion
I was born in this country that goes
With joy and pain
With nice people
And with scoundrels who steal our illusion;
Who is not afraid of the future
Who won't let himself be defeated
Who doesn't ask me for a visa
And to whom I always want to return
PC
I was born in this country
That sometimes throws me back
Sometimes I resign myself sometimes I want to escape
JF
But I was born here
Here I learned to walk
Here I met you, here I fell in love with you
DUO
This country full of history
Of concrete man and women;
Full of courage and tenderness…
Full of passion
I was born in this country that goes
With joy and pain
With nice people
And with scoundrels who steal our illusion;
Who is not afraid of the future
Who won't let himself be defeated
Who doesn't ask me for a visa
And to whom I always want to return
Na na na na
I was born here
Na na na na
I was born here!